If there is one prospect in the Philadelphia Flyers’ pipeline that needs to have a bounce-back 2018-19 season, that prospect may be Felix Sandstrom. The selection of the 2015 3rd-round pick marked the beginning of general manager Ron Hextall’s foray into rebuilding the franchise’s goaltender depth, and Sandstrom since been very impressive at times. However, when looking strictly at Sandstrom’s numbers over the past season, he has had quite the up and down ride, but is there more to the story than what meets the eye?
As we all know, goalies are voodoo, so trying to predict whether or not a goaltender can translate success at lower levels to success in the NHL is fairly difficult (see: Fucale, Zachary).